press hard on
Example Sentences
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He hopes in the next few months he can once again press hard on the gas.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024
People are now taught to press hard on the chest 100 times a minute — singing “Staying Alive,” by The Bee Gees will give the right rhythm.
From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2023
Within this more inclusive picture, there are a number of ways that fungi press hard on questions of intelligence.
From Scientific American • Jun. 24, 2020
Tottenham continued to press hard on to the front foot and it was difficult to tell which team had the extra man.
From The Guardian • Feb. 23, 2017
I press hard on my muffed ears, eyes shut, as everyone drops backpacks, scrambles to desks, scrapes chair legs across the floor.
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
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